Category: recorder
61 posts
- 6/11/2015Revisiting Bach's Air on G String, from a singing and dancing viewpoint
- 5/18/2014Pittsburgh Recorder Society: discovering the beauty of Alonso Lobo
- 4/27/2014Pittsburgh Recorder Society: Palestrina, Gombert, and Dolly Parton cookies
- 3/16/2014Pittsburgh Recorder Society: Something new recently: recording our practice sessions
- 2/16/2014Pittsburgh Recorder Society: 7-part Gabrieli and coconut chocolate cookies
- 1/26/2014My first time at an English country dance music jam
- 11/18/2013Pittsburgh Recorder Society continues to add members
- 10/22/2013I never expected my first wooden recorders to be Renaissance recorders
- 10/20/2013The biggest Pittsburgh Recorder Society meeting I have attended in two years!!
- 10/5/2013Final rehearsal for my first ukulele gig: and some hard decisions about music in my life
- 9/27/2013First rehearsal for my first ukulele gig: dealing with anxiety
- 9/16/2013New goals for a new season of the Pittsburgh Recorder Society
- 9/5/2013My second meeting of the Steel City Ukuleles: why I already signed up to perform before being ready
- 8/24/2013Celebrating Claude Debussy's 151st birthday through unusual performances of Syrinx
- 8/24/2013Another unexpected life change: one month of learning to play ukulele
- 7/5/2013More summer musical partying, and another ten-year-old dream fulfilled!
- 5/21/2013Attending a meeting of the Washington DC Recorder Society while visiting
- 3/22/2013My second year of celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday: a tale of accidental love
- 3/18/2013Finally doing some Latin music jamming on flute; also Irish and French
- 2/24/2013Celebrating two years of playing recorder
- 1/27/2013Music I just played for the first time: recorder sonata, tangos
- 12/9/2012Playing music on recorders at a Phipps Conservatory "candlelight evening"
- 12/2/2012Oblivion obsession: time to start playing melodica!
- 11/24/2012Preparing to play Irish flute in the Holiday Ball
- 11/19/2012Preparing for December 9 recorder performance in Phipps Conservatory
- 10/28/2012Singing and playing bossa nova favorite "Chega de Saudade" at Dunkin' Donuts for J-Jam
- 10/21/2012Playing recorder in a group
- 9/16/2012Excited by the new season of the Pittsburgh Recorder Society
- 9/14/2012The passion of Bach's Air on the G String: three very different interpretations
- 7/28/2012My first appearance on a music recital program
- 7/21/2012Mideast Early Music Workshop 2012: a life-changing experience!!
- 7/7/2012Another terrifying music jam session but I played a little bit of blues and old time
- 7/3/2012Petrified at a music jam session so I didn't play but watched and listened
- 6/15/2012Preparing for my first solo flute performance: notes on perfectionism and high standards
- 4/29/2012Attending my first CMU Baroque Ensemble concert: enjoying Bach's Brandenburg 2
- 4/27/2012Baroque jam session at CMU: first time my parents ever watched me perform music
- 4/21/2012My first time in a public music jam: intense fun with Chris Norman and David Greenberg
- 3/30/2012A delayed St. Patrick's Day party: playing tin whistle and alto recorder
- 3/21/2012Flute update: celebrating Bach's birthday, using a Thumbport, improvising to bossa nova
- 3/18/2012The joy and challenge of making beautiful sounds together
- 3/10/2012Flute: loving it again, remembering why I dance, and how I met my wife!
- 2/23/2012Saying No in order to say Yes
- 2/22/2012Flute progress after one month in orchestra: still hanging in there
- 2/14/2012Flute progress report: day of reckoning approaches
- 2/1/2012Joining an orchestra: learning in the face of terror
- 12/17/2011Playing recorder and flute at the Holiday Ball!
- 12/11/2011Learning another instrument: the tin whistle
- 12/5/2011Busy evening: performing at Phipps followed by rehearsal for another gig!
- 12/1/2011I'm going to perform music much sooner than I expected: Monday
- 11/17/2011Flute versus recorder: why do I play both?
- 11/13/2011Back to piano too
- 11/11/2011On not reading concert program notes
- 10/30/2011Harder to play music in a group than alone
- 10/18/2011Disagreement on the use of time?
- 10/7/2011Staying Excited About Learning By Being Flexible
- 10/3/2011My New Bass and Sopranino Recorders and Having Fun
- 10/2/2011I Love Music but Rarely Listen to It Now
- 10/1/2011Run Shadyside 5K: Outrunning Mickey Mouse and Lending a Trumpet
- 9/29/2011A Musician's Best Friend
- 9/26/2011I Don't Feel Like Practicing; but I'm Gonna Do It Anyway
- 9/22/2011Byron Janis on Overcoming Adversity